Competency 4

Question 1

Letter Recognition

Answer 1

The ability to identify both the uppercase and lowercase letters when a teacher says the name of the letter and the child points to it

Question 2

Letter naming

Answer 2

Ability to say the name of a letter when a teacher points to it

Question 3

Letter formation

Answer 3

Ability to write the uppercase and lowercase letters legibly

Question 4

The alphabetic principal

Answer 4

Is that in English speech sounds are represented by letters. Letters represent sounds

Question 5

What are the concepts about print?

Answer 5

(1) Awareness of the relationship between spoken & written English & an understanding that print carries meaning
(2) Letter, word, & Sentence representation
(3)The directionality of print & the ability to track print
(4) Book-handling skills

Question 6

What is the awareness of the relationship between spoken & written English & an understanding that print carries meaning

Answer 6

*most important concept. Child en should be aware that printed words are talk written down.  Children must know that printed words are used to transmit messages in stories in picture books, product names in advertisements, and menus in restaurants

Question 7

What is letter, word, & sentence representation?

Answer 7

Knowing the difference between letters, words, & sentences. Knowing how many letters in a word, how many words there are in a line of text. Children must also know where sentences end and begin, which requires the recognition of dnd punctuation